Engels, however, remains a critical launch base for long-range strikes on Ukraine. And the airbase has had a rough time of it lately. On Jan 8, Ukrainian drones targeted a fuel depot there, triggering ...

The Russian cities of Saratov and Engels were targeted in the heaviest drone attack against Saratov Oblast throughout the ...

Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong ...

The territorial sky is the airspace extending 12 nautical miles (about 22 km) from a country ... to detect and track four Russian military aircraft (again, two Tu-95 Bear bombers and two Su ...

On 12 March, they escorted two Russian Su-27 fighters, two supersonic Tu-22 bombers and one Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft. Later that same day, NATO planes were again dispatched to identify two Tu-22 ...

Engels air base hosts some of Russia’s Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-160 bombers ... Beaver, Liutyi and UJ-22—all of which are between six and 10 feet long and propeller-driven.

In the early morning of 20 March, a drone attack occurred in the vicinity of the Russian Engels 2 airbase in the Saratov ...

Ukraine said it struck Russia's Engels-2 air base, causing fires and explosions. The base is used by Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers ...

Russia’s fleet of Tu-214Rs is very small—and shows no sign of increasing. But the bird’s advanced electronics and optical ...

Russia’s fleet of Tu-214Rs is very small—and shows no sign of increasing. But the bird’s advanced electronics and optical systems offer unique advantages to the Russian military. Russia has ...

Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia’s Engels airfield, home to Tu-160 bombers. The strike caused a fire, explosion, and secondary blast. Russia reported shooting down over 200 drones and ...